instrument
Meaning of instrument
- a tool or implement, especially one for precision work.
a surgical instrument
instruments of torture
writing instruments
- a measuring device used to gauge the level, position, speed, etc. of something, especially a motor vehicle or aircraft.
a new instrument for measuring ozone levels
myriad instruments and switches
- an object or device for producing musical sounds.
the value of learning to play a musical instrument
the musicians started tuning their instruments
a percussion instrument
- a formal or legal document.
execution involves signature and unconditional delivery of the instrument
- equip (something) with measuring instruments.
engineers have instrumented rockets to study the upper atmosphere
a DC-8 aircraft instrumented as a flying laboratory
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin instrumentum ‘equipment, implement’, from the verb instruere ‘construct, equip’.
Information about instrument
- The plural form of instrument is: instruments.
- Languages in which instrument is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of instrument
in-stru-ment
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- instrument is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
instrument synonyms
Meaning tool:
Meaning pawn:
Meaning instrumentate:
Meaning a tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment that is used for a particular purpose:
Meaning a tool, container, or other article, especially for household use:
Meaning a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment:
Meaning the technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose:
Meaning the use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality:
Meaning a small mechanical or electronic device or tool, especially an ingenious or novel one:
Meaning a machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, and often badly made or unsafe:
Meaning a device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task:
Meaning a system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery:
Meaning a gadget, especially one whose name the speaker does not know or cannot recall:
Meaning an instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something:
Meaning US spelling of metre1:
Meaning a plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose:
Meaning a thing that indicates the state or level of something:
Meaning a face of a clock or watch that is marked to show units of time:
Meaning a performance, show, or event staged for public entertainment:
Translation of instrument
- Italian: strumento
- Portuguese: instrumento
- French: instrument
- German: Instrument
- Spanish: instrumento, aparato
Anagrams of instrument
Words that rhyme with instrument
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